9813682

Laser Driving Circuit, Laser Driving Method, and Device Using Laser Light

PublishedNovember 7, 2017
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9 claims

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1. A projection apparatus comprising: an optical circuit including a light source unit; a signal processing circuit configured to generate an input video signal; and a laser driving circuit including: a laser driving video current generating circuit for generating a laser driving current for driving the light source unit; a high-frequency superimposing section configured to superimpose a high-frequency signal of a frequency exceeding a band of the input video signal on the laser driving current generated by the laser driving video current generating circuit; and a receiver in the high-frequency superimposing section, the receiver is configured to receive a clock signal input from an outside of the laser driving circuit in a state of being synchronized with the input video signal as a signal source of the high-frequency signal, wherein a frequency of the high-frequency signal is synchronized with a pixel period.

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2. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the clock signal is synchronized with the input video signal before the high-frequency superimposing section receives the clock signal.

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3. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light source unit is controllable by the laser driving current to emit different wavelengths of light.

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4. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency superimposing section is configured to superimpose the high-frequency signal on the laser driving current by switching the input video signal input to the laser driving video current generating circuits according to the high-frequency signal.

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5. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency superimposing section is configured to perform a process of superimposing the high-frequency signal on the laser driving current on an input side of the laser driving video current generating circuits.

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6. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency superimposing section is configured to perform a process of superimposing the high-frequency signal on the laser driving current on an output side of the laser driving video current generating circuits.

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7. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency superimposing section is configured to superimpose the high-frequency signal on the laser driving current by adding output current of the laser driving superimposing current generating circuit to the laser driving current generated by the laser driving video current generating circuits.

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8. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a level change detecting circuit is configured to detect the level change of the input video signal.

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9. A projection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an oscillator is configured to oscillate the high-frequency signal on a basis of a signal synchronized with the input video signal.

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Publication Date

November 7, 2017

Inventors

Motoi Kimura
Tsutomu Kurihara

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